The anime-fication of Attack on Titan
This season, I’ve found myself in the fun position of having two of my favourite manga series adapted into anime. We already know how things went with Flowers o...
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The shrinking of Attack on Titan
Back in 2011, I wrote two posts about the manga series Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) and since then, it’s only grown in popularity, and in addition to a ...
Survive, you shit!
There’s no denying that I adore survivalist fiction. For example, I love Romero’s zombie films because they are all about surviving (and inevitably ...
A journey into Fate/stay night begins
Until Fate/Zero appeared, I’d never planned on watching Fate/stay night. At the time of its airing back in 2006, it’d always seemed a tad too pander...
A missed opportunity: Jormungand
I really wanted to like Jormungand. It’s a series about illegal arms dealers and child soldiers, which is not exactly typical fare for anime and sounds in...
We offer up our heart's blood: Courage and spirit in Shingeki no Kyojin
Since writing my first post on the manga series Shingeki no Kyojin (the official English title is apparently Attack on Titan,) it’s been licensed for an E...
The eyes of a wolf: Ben-To's awesome
There’s a few different tactics one can employ when approaching a new season of anime. You can either jump straight in during the first week or wait a whi...
Good morning, angels.
In honor of Aniplex’s recent announcement of a new Read or Die (“ROD”) Blu-Ray box set I thought it was high time to review the television series. The box set ...
Childhood's end: Naruto and Pain
To compare Naruto now to the naive kid he was when this series began tells us of how much he's grown since. He's now the person he always dreamed of becoming, a...
This is the Naruto I remember
There were times when I considered dropping Naruto.